TARIFF CONFERENCE
THE PROPOSED TRUCE FRANCE’S BOMBSHELL; Press Association —By Tclcfrspb—Copyrijbl, LONDON, February 28. . The correspondent of ‘ The. Times ’ at Geneva says that all prospects of a tariff truce agreement were virtually destroyed to-day when the French delegates (M. Semiys) suddenly announced that ho.had no intention of .signing any agreement. The chairman requested delegates to deposit their lists of exceptions to the truce when M. Surreys rose and said that many European countries had been ingeniously changing their tariff conditions, without,actually tearing up the treaties. H® suggested instead of a truce a of international guarantees, which would create an atmosphere of security and pave the way for future negotiatipns. This bombshell caused a sensation, and it will probably be necessary fop the delegates to consult their Government.
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Evening Star, Issue 20422, 1 March 1930, Page 14
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127TARIFF CONFERENCE Evening Star, Issue 20422, 1 March 1930, Page 14
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